Historical Markers and War Memorials in Claiborne County, Tennessee
Tazewell is the county seat for Claiborne County
Adjacent to Claiborne County, Tennessee
Campbell County(13) ► Grainger County(18) ► Hancock County(2) ► Union County(8) ► Bell County, Kentucky(56) ► Whitley County, Kentucky(14) ► Lee County, Virginia(41) ►
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We dedicate with gratitude this monument
to those who served with honor in all wars
and those known and unknown who paid the
Supreme Sacrifice.
Those killed in action:
Billy Brooks •
Olan Moore •
Victor Ferry •
Kenneth Robinson • . . . — — Map (db m162281) WM
Founded by Rev. & Mrs. A. A. Myers in 1890. First classes held in basement of Congregational Church on site of present Cumberland Gap School; later moved 1/2 mile west to Harrow Hall. Operated as a division of its successor, Lincoln Memorial . . . — — Map (db m80233) HM
Russell Berkau Shops & Ford Dealership
Pinnacle Wagon Mfg. Co. (c. 1920)
Dr. Stone House On Right (c. 1890)
Russell Berkau Family
Paul, Kluck, Phil, Addie, Russell
247 Colwyn Ave (Mid 1930's)
Insets: Joanna, Addie (early 1920's)
. . . — — Map (db m190764) HM
The cornerstone for Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee is on Three States Peak. The first Virginia - North Carolina (later Tennessee) boundary at this point was surveyed in 1779 by Dr. Thomas Walker and Col. Richard Henderson. The present line and . . . — — Map (db m200623) HM
First explored, 1750; Long Hunters used it until 1760, and Daniel Boone in 1769, cutting the Wilderness Trail through it in 1775. Hosts of pioneers followed even before the road was built in 1796. Postal service was established in 1795 and a post . . . — — Map (db m80232) HM
This very memorable area, located just under the ridge from the Sanatorium of the Four Seasons Hotel, is part of the original campus. Being a small tract of land slightly rolling in nature, the area first lent itself to outdoor activities and . . . — — Map (db m151541) HM
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln commented to General O. O. Howard that after the War ended, he hoped General Howard would do something for the people of this area. Years later, Howard would recall this exchange as he traveled through . . . — — Map (db m204563) HM
Cumberland Gap became the principal passage between the eastern and western theaters of operation in the Upper South during the war. Whichever side held the high ground here held the Gap.
In 1861, Confederate Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer's men . . . — — Map (db m35761) HM
"If you come through this misery alive... I want you to do something for all those mountain people who have been shut out of the world all these years." These words of President Abraham Lincoln to General O. O. Howard in 1863 proved to be the . . . — — Map (db m35760) HM
This stone monument was built to commemorate the Lincoln Tercentenary, a celebration held in 1937 of the Lincoln family having been in this country 300 years. The first ancestor to arrive was Samuel Lincoln, who landed in Boston on June 20, 1637. . . . — — Map (db m172415) HM
On August 3, 1916, record rainfall caused Thompson's Mill Dam to fail, sending a wall of water down the Barren Creek, that destroyed five other dams and killing 24 person, including three entire families. The Barren Creek Dam failure caused the . . . — — Map (db m148785) HM
In operation for four generations since later 1800 Destroyed by the Barren Creek Flood in 1916 Restored and maintained by family today — — Map (db m191410) HM
Davis Creek Primitive Baptist Church is believed to be the oldest Primitive Baptist congregation in Tennessee and has continued in the same doctrine since its 1797 constitution. Established in Speedwell to serve the settlers of Yoakum Station, a . . . — — Map (db m204562) HM
The Baptist Church of Christ at Davis Creek constituted the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1797 receiving in election and predestination, carries her own key gives free liberty of conscience to think and speak in love purity and fidelity . . . — — Map (db m205088) HM
The 1791 Holston Treaty prohibited settlers from entering the Cherokee lands in the Powell Valley, but Tennesseans holding North Carolina land grants moved into the area. President Washington directed the pioneers to leave the valley. Captains . . . — — Map (db m142725) HM
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In Memoriam
To keep alive the history of the builders of this, The Big Spring Church House, in the winter of 1795-96. Drew Harrell our ancestor hewed the logs. He and the Rev. Tidence Lane erected the church house. Drew Harrell . . . — — Map (db m151545) HM
Built about 1810, Greystone was the home of William Graham, Dr. James Fulkerson, Attorney James P. Kivett and his descendants. Site of Federal occupation during the Civil War. — — Map (db m151544) HM
Built before Civil War and used as a public toll crossing until 1905 when wooden floored bridge was built. Wm. Marcum was early operator from 1895 - 1905. — — Map (db m171108) HM
